The Miss 2021 are preparing for the show of December 19 from a large hotel in Versailles -

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Miss France celebrates (almost) its centenary.

The election of Miss France 2021, which will take place on TF1 and at Puy du Fou on Saturday, December 19, will be the occasion to celebrate "100 years of beauty contests in France".

For the occasion, the committee has concocted a special jury composed of 100% former Miss France, chaired by Iris Mittenaere.

Of course, Jean-Pierre Foucault will be at the helm of the show, for his 26th participation.

"It is a popular and unifying event, an unmissable event," enthuses the host during the virtual press conference to present this edition.

Moreover, the Misses remain in the daily life of the French beyond their coronation year since they then become doctors, artists, TV hosts, business leaders… ”

An "ode to femininity"

While she will return her crown at the end of a year obviously marked by the coronavirus epidemic and a slew of canceled events, Clémence Botino, Miss France 2020, is convinced that "Miss France is an institution that will last longer. 100 years.

"" Enchanted "with her year, despite everything, and" nostalgic "to see it end, the young woman considers that the competition is" an ode to femininity ".

Sylvie Tellier also went there from her feminist verse by answering a question on the level of studies, rather high this year, of the candidates: "The young women candidates for Miss France are representative of all the young French women who are increasingly more complete, in a way.

"Clémence Botino also praised the merits of studies and school:" Working at school is the advice I give to all the young girls I meet!

"

Glamor anyway

The ceremony itself will be, one suspects, "irreproachable" in terms of health "not to put anyone at risk of course, and also not to set a bad example to the seven million viewers", a explained Rémi Faure, director of TF1 flow programs.

However, Frédéric Gilbert, artistic producer of the show, affirms it, “there will always be glamor, thanks to the paintings, and even if we could not film the portraits on the beaches of Guadeloupe.

The tradition of magazines, French monuments, a tribute - in swimsuits - to the great French actresses… Everything that makes France famous will be honored… ”

The "feminist polemics"

Those who were waiting, perhaps, naively, for a revolution of the Miss France competition, like the institution of the Caesar which has reinvented itself in this year 2020, will be at their expense.

And not just a little ... Between the Puy du Fou, where the ceremony will take place, and Versailles, where the misses stay to prepare the show (instead of Guadeloupe,

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), this edition will have a strong aftertaste of the Ancien Régime.

But Sylvie Tellier has her head on her shoulders.

To a remark by Jean-Pierre Foucault on swimsuits and "feminist controversies", the general manager of the organization Miss France made things clear: "The misses can choose the shape of their swimsuits.

They can choose a one-piece or a two-piece, depending on their morphology, their skin tone, their taste… It's not new, we've been doing it for a few years now.

But taking into account all the small controversies, we decided to put it forward.

"

"Courts of propriety"

For the rest, like the evolution of the regulations which again cost their place this year to two regional misses for inappropriate photos, Sylvie Tellier procrastinates: “The regulations of Miss France are constantly evolving according to the evolution of society.

But like in any competition, there are rules.

We are there to ensure that they are respected.

On changes and streamlining of regulations, I discuss with regional delegates and production.

As usual, we will take stock after the election.

"

But again, no need to wait until Miss France, "the institution" entered "the heritage and the hearts of the French" according to Jean-Pierre Foucault, is upset.

Thus, live from the luxury hotel where the misses reside while waiting for the big night, Sylvie Tellier was delighted to detail the apprenticeship program that awaits the candidates this week as "courses of decorum, etiquette, of eloquence and good manners.

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